Ron Whitworth, AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

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Truist

Chief Privacy Officer

Ron Whitworth is Chief Privacy Officer at Truist in Charlotte, N.C.. He manages the Enterprise Privacy and Technology Office for Truist Financial Corporation, and all of its affiliates and subsidiaries. Ron is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States, Canada and Europe (CIPP/US, CIPP/C and CIPP/E).



Prior to joining Truist, Ron served as Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel at EverBank in Jacksonville, FL. Earlier in his legal career, Ron was an attorney with Sullivan & Worcester, LLP, counseling clients on a wide variety of state, U.S., and international privacy and data security matters. 

 

Contributions by Ron Whitworth

  • Guidance on AI Usage in the Workplace
    Speaker at In-Person Charlotte KnowledgeNet: 17 Oct. 2024
  • Automating Privacy Operations
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2024
  • Managing Privacy at Scale
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • Latest Updates on Data Transfers
    Speaker at In-Person Charlotte KnowledgeNet: 08 Nov. 2023
  • Meta Mayhem: Navigating Privacy Challenges in Digital Assets/Cryptocurrency
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • Upcoming U.S. State Privacy Laws: What's new and what to expect in 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Charlotte KnowledgeNet: December 8, 2022
  • Cyber Incident Reporting Simplified with Privacy Best Practices
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Cyber ‘Risk of Harm’ & Leveraging the Privacy Playbook
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022
  • Changes in Attitudes: How COVID-19 has affected consumer privacy norms
    Speaker at Virtual Charlotte KnowledgeNet: May 26, 2022
  • Decision Intelligence and the 10 Stages of Incident Management
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
  • COVID-19 Return to Work and Privacy Concerns
    Speaker at Virtual Charlotte KnowledgeNet: May 27, 2021
  • Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2020 - Canceled
  • Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2020 - Canceled
  • The Privacy Incident Benchmark Report: Data to Drive Operational Excellence
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Career Transitioning from eDiscovery into Privacy
    Web Conference Speaker